castrating

present participle of castrate
as in undermining
to deprive of emotional or intellectual vitality a movie version that castrates the hard-hitting novel

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“Castrating.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/castrating. Accessed 1 Oct. 2023.

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